Diana Gurtskaya

Singer and Sochi 2014 Ambassador

“I am honored to become an Ambassador of Russia’s first ever Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on this remarkable day!”

Diana Gurtskaya is a singer, a Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation and a Sochi 2014 Ambassador. Diana was born on July 2, 1978 in Sukhumi, Georgia. She graduated from a boarding school for blind and visually impaired children in Tbilisi. By the age of 10, Diana had made her debut in a performance with the Tbilisi Philharmonic, singing with Georgian singer, Irma Sokhadze. In 1995 Diana won an award at the music contest, "Yalta - Moscow - Transit", later graduating from the variety department of the Moscow Gnesin School of Music in 1999. Diana is actively involved in charity work and has established a foundation to help blind and visually impaired children and is proactively involved in organizing the "White Cane" festival. In 2008 Diana Gurtskaya became a Sochi 2014 Ambassador and helps promote the ideas of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements throughout Russia and around the world.